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Phantasmagoria cover art

Phantasmagoria

Sierra · Activision · 2016-08-29

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 24, 1995 (DOS), 1995 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 1995 (Mac), Aug 08, 1997 (Sega Saturn)

Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.

1
playing now
87%
positive of 540 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Phantasmagoria is a point-and-click adventure horror video game designed by Roberta Williams for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows and released by Sierra On-Line on August 24, 1995. It tells the story of Adrienne Delaney, a writer who moves into a remote mansion and finds herself terrorized by supernatural forces. It was made at the peak of popularity for interactive movie games and features live-action actors and footage, both during cinematic scenes and within the three-dimensionally rendered environments of the game itself. It was noted for its violence and sexual content.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 540 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.49-35%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.49-35%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at GOG (2015-06-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 17 of 30 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-11 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-19 — best price $9.992016-08-19 — best price $3.292017-02-06 — best price $9.992017-07-17 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $6.492018-04-09 — best price $9.992018-10-03 — best price $5.692018-12-20 — best price $3.992019-03-21 — best price $6.492019-08-19 — best price $6.492019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-02-26 — best price $6.492020-05-15 — best price $6.492020-08-31 — best price $9.992020-12-16 — best price $6.492021-03-13 — best price $9.992021-07-19 — best price $6.492021-11-24 — best price $6.492022-01-31 — best price $9.992022-05-09 — best price $9.992022-09-05 — best price $9.992022-11-14 — best price $9.992023-01-31 — best price $9.992023-04-18 — best price $6.492023-08-02 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-02-28 — best price $9.992024-06-26 — best price $6.492024-10-08 — best price $9.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-08-01 — best price $6.492025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-02-09 — best price $6.492026-08-25 — best price $6.492026-08-30 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9131582026-05-31 — 266 pageviews2026-06-03 — 201 pageviews2026-06-06 — 208 pageviews2026-06-09 — 201 pageviews2026-06-12 — 205 pageviews2026-06-15 — 207 pageviews2026-06-18 — 207 pageviews2026-06-21 — 161 pageviews2026-06-24 — 198 pageviews2026-06-27 — 230 pageviews2026-06-30 — 293 pageviews2026-07-03 — 174 pageviews2026-07-06 — 203 pageviews2026-07-09 — 203 pageviews2026-07-12 — 171 pageviews2026-07-15 — 174 pageviews2026-07-18 — 278 pageviews2026-07-21 — 216 pageviews2026-07-24 — 158 pageviews2026-07-27 — 225 pageviews2026-07-30 — 215 pageviews2026-08-02 — 213 pageviews2026-08-05 — 190 pageviews2026-08-08 — 205 pageviews2026-08-11 — 291 pageviews2026-08-14 — 194 pageviews2026-08-17 — 213 pageviews2026-08-20 — 195 pageviews2026-08-23 — 208 pageviews2026-08-26 — 179 pageviews2026-08-28 — 187 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

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Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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